PADDLE STEAMERS (GLORY DAYS)
Written by David L. Williams
Published by Ian Allan
in 2002
ISBN: 0711027722
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PADDLE STEAMERS (GLORY DAYS)
Written by David L. Williams.
Stock no. 1827410
1st.
2002.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. Glory Days Series. ISBN: 0711027722. 'This book was slightly damaged in transit and is now being sold at a bargain price' stamped in red to front endpaper. Cannot find any obvious damage! A very nice copy.
PADDLE STEAMERS (GLORY DAYS)
Written by David L. Williams.
Stock no. 2130375
1st.
2002.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. Glory Days Series. ISBN: 0711027722. Some fading to red title on spine.
Front cover
Contents
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Dawning of a Golden Age - A Review of Coastal Paddle-Steamer Services 1900-19
- 2. The Inter-War Years: The Clyde Estuary and Loch Lomond; The Bristol Channel and Southwest England; The South Coast; The Thames, Medway and Humber Services
- 3. In the Service of the Nation
- 4. Postwar Revival
- 5. Decline and Preservation
- Appendices:
- 1. Paddle steamers engaged in Operation 'Dynamo' - the evacuation of Dunkirk, May-June 1940
- 2. Paddle-steamer literature